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Emergence and embodiment : (Record no. 86523)

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fixed length control field	090402s2009 ncua b 001 0 eng c
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number	9780822346005
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number	003.5
Cutter	Cla / Han
245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title	Emergence and embodiment :
Remainder of title	new essays on second-order systems theory
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc	Durham :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc	Duke University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc	2009.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages	285 p. :
Other physical details	ill. ;
Dimensions	24 cm.
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement	Science and cultural theory
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Summary, etc	Emerging in the 1940s, the first cybernetics-the study of communication and control systems-was mainstreamed under the names artificial intelligence and computer science and taken up by the social sciences, the humanities, and the creative arts. In Emergence and Embodiment, Bruce Clarke and Mark B. N. Hansen focus on cybernetic developments that stem from the second-order turn in the 1970s, when the cyberneticist Heinz von Foerster catalyzed new thinking about the cognitive implications of self-referential systems. The crucial shift he inspired was from first-order cybernetics' attention to homeostasis as a mode of autonomous self-regulation in mechanical and informatic systems, to second-order concepts of self-organization and autopoiesis in embodied and metabiotic systems. The collection opens with an interview with von Foerster and then traces the lines of neocybernetic thought that have followed from his work.In response to the apparent dissolution of boundaries at work in the contemporary technosciences of emergence, neocybernetics observes that cognitive systems are operationally bounded, semi-autonomous entities coupled with their environments and other systems. Second-order systems theory stresses the recursive complexities of observation, mediation, and communication. Focused on the neocybernetic contributions of von Foerster, Francisco Varela, and Niklas Luhmann, this collection advances theoretical debates about the cultural, philosophical, and literary uses of their ideas. In addition to the interview with von Foerster, Emergence and Embodiment includes essays by Varela and Luhmann. It engages with Humberto Maturana's and Varela's creation of the concept of autopoiesis, Varela's later work on neurophenomenology, and Luhmann's adaptations of autopoiesis to social systems theory. Taken together, these essays illuminate the shared commitments uniting the broader discourse of neocybernetics.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element	Cybernetics.

Topical term or geographic name as entry element	System theory.

Topical term or geographic name as entry element	Autopoiesis.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name	Clarke, Bruce. ed.

Personal name	Hansen, Mark B. N. ed
Fuller form of name	(Mark Boris Nicola),
Dates associated with a name	1965-
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title	Science and cultural theory.
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Item type	Book

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Emergence and embodiment : (Record no. 86523)